The sun was already setting and giving place to the moon, making the skies shine in various tons of gold and purple while slowly a few stars started to show in the transitioning sky the city may be a cesspit of despair filled to the brim with dead people walking and waiting to be sent to their graves, but nobody could denial that the city has a beautiful sun set.
Balalaika had finished her job for the day and with the Sargent she was heading to Rock's apartment ashore after a short trip to a liquor store to grab a bottle of good wine, in her black sedan she was having a trip through memory lane remembering all the family dinners she had with her sister in Japan, more often them not she was strained at the table with Rock, but at least the two of them had a good time together, sharing stories.
After pulling out at the outside of the building she and the Sargent started making their way through the building she hears he cell ringing and when picks up she have a surprise by seeing Rock's number.
"hello Rock, I am at hallway", she says, "and a brought the wine".
"Aunt, we have visitors", he said in Russian, if he had to speak in Russian it means it was serious, "I am sorry, they came out of nowhere and I couldn't kick them out".
"relax Rock, who are 'they'?", Balalaika was concerned for his safety.
"Chang and Shenhua, they had come earlier to talk with Dutch and invited themselves for dinner".
Shit, from everybody in this town to put their secret at risk it had to be Chang, great, just great, how in the fucking hell she and Rock would come with story good enough to explain why the head of Hotel Moscow was dinning at some low ranking worker that don't even works for her, but is was already too late to give up, she was already at his door and god that shepherd's pie was smelling good, is a miracle that there weren't have a line of junkies outside the door.
"just stay calm and let-me handle this", she says without any idea on how to fix this situation.
She knocks on the door and is received by Rock wearing a white apron with a black skull and crossed bones painted on the chest and smiling.
"good afternoon Ms. Balalaika, Sargent, please come in and make yourselves at home", he should receive an Oscar for that acting, if Balalaika and Boris didn't know better they could swear he was really a total stranger, "may I take your coat?".
"please" she answers letting him take the trench coat filled with insignias out of her shoulders, "I'm deeply sorry for such short notice on my part, I hope the wine is up to your taste".
"oh please, you don't need to bother with it, please come in and get comfortable, dinner is almost ready".
"thanks for having us", says the Sargent caught off guard.
"the pleasure is mine, I just hope my cooking is up to your taste".
"oh, don't worry about it", Says Balalaika giving the wine bottle to Rock after he had put her trench coat in a hook.
She and Boris them proceed to walk inside the apartment, it was a good apartment, small but good and as soon as she enters the living room she sees a bunch of familiar faces, Revy, Dutch and Benny were at the coffee table playing poker with the TV on the local channel were a baseball game was being transmitted and by the pile of coins it was clear that Dutch was winning, in the dining table Chang and Shenhua were calmly siting and drinking a fell cold beers and eating what looked like to gyozas while watching the game and betting on who would win and behind them, Chang's body guards were quietly talking in mandarin about something she didn't know, meanwhile Rock was preparing to serve dinner.
"hey, Rock-man, these gyosa are good, who tough you?", said Shenhua shaking an empty can, signalizing that she wanted another.
"thanks", Rock answer while taking another can of beer, "I learnt the recipe while in school".
"god bless whoever told you how to cook these", Said Chang, Rock still couldn't believe of how casual the leader of the local branch of the triad was casual, "damn, I am feeling very tempt to hire you as my personal housemaid".
"too little too late boss, he already has an owner", Benny says without taking his eyes out the cards, "isn't that true Revy".
"shut up shithead, hey, Rock! Another beer!", she says in her usual humor, "here!", Rocks loudly speaks throwing a can to her form the kitchen and giving another can to Shenhua, "try no fill you belly too much or else you won't have enough space for dinner".
"fine, fine, the grub is ready?", she says opening the can, "almost, two more minutes and it's ready to be served".
"see, those two are already a married couple", says Benny grabbing a gyosa, "here you have the alpha male bursting with testosterone and prone to pick a fight and them you have Rock".
Everybody laughs, including Rock, the only one who didn't laugh was Balalaika who to be honest was a little concerned, she knew that Rock and Revy were developing a good relationship but the tough of the two of them becoming something more than friends never crossed her mind or at least never showed to be worthy of concern, but the reports did mention that those became almost inseparables in more than one page it was clearly stated that Rock and Revy fought together in more than one occasion and was also stated that the two of than shared drinks often and more often them not they had each other's back, Balalaika saw that as sign of true comrades but as soon as she put a little tough on Benny's words suddenly her mind simply jumped to a scene were Rock was married with two hands, living in a one store house in somewhere far away and raising three foul mouthed, hot headed kids and she didn't liked that.
"I need to find him a good woman, preferably a Russian", Balalaika tough, it wasn't an uncommon thing in the underworld to "political marriages" to happen, obviously she wouldn't force her nephew to marry someone he doesn't love, but she could introduce him to some of her female peers and hope that the Russian charm does his job.
"Ms. Balalaika, please have a seat", Rock pulls her out of mental trip by pulling a chair to her at the table where normally the patriarch would sit, "want something to drink? I have beer, rum and iced tea".
"iced tea please and if possible with lemon", she says taking a packet of cigars from her left pocket.
"sure", fast as lightning rock serves her with an ice could cup filled with iced tea with a portion of freshly sliced lemon on the side.
"watch your ass Twinkie, or you will lose you man", says Shenhua not missing a single chance to poke the bear.
"fuck you chinglish", Revy certainly didn't like that, for more than one reasons but soon enough she opens a large and villainous smile, "besides, no offence sis, but Balalaika here is a little too mature for Rock's taste".
"did she called me old?!", Balalaika mentally questioned herself, sure she wasn't that young but still she wasn't a granny, like always she was very good a keeping her toughs hidden from other people, but if looks could kill Revy certainly would be six feet under by that point, and she knew that because Revy as soon as she saw how Balalaika was looking at her instantly shut up and turns back to the game.
"don't worry about that, besides, I believe Mrs. Balalaika here isn't the type who sleeps with her own blood", Chang says bluntly, watching carefully the reactions, Rock and Balalaika, as the cold Russians (in Rock's case 1/3 Russian) they are as it could expect, almost laughing like they heard the biggest joke in the universe, but it was Revy's reaction that gave up the truth, because it was really rare for her to spit her drink, "relax I already knew you two were family, one of mine mans were at the docks after the copter incident and overheard you calling him your nephew".
"Sargent, looks like Mr. Chang had finally give up on living, shall we fulfill his death wish?", the body guards instantly put themselves on guard, inciting Rock and Boris to also put themselves on guard, "calm down babe, I have no interest in restarting our war, besides, it may not look like it, but the underworld is above all things a family business, I myself got inside the Triad with the help of one of my cousins".
"cut the 'babe' out, charm doesn't work on me, but since you are very comprehensive regarding my nephew's situation I will let it slide…this time".
"see how she treats me? Why don't you ditch this old crone and come work for me?", in that moment Chang didn't know, be he fucked up and he realized it when he turned to Rock who was looking at him with a look in his eyes that would make the devil itself shit his pants, "iiiiiiii…will shut my mouth now", he says shaking like naked man in Siberia, meanwhile Balalaika was holding down her laugh, she never saw someone go from cocky to defeated so fast and without a gun involved, "just think about it ok? Whatever she's paying you I double" says Chang before turning back to the TV.
"as you said, Mr. Chang, this is a family business and I would be a bloody fool if I betrayed my own blood, but rest assured I don't work for my aunt, yet, I still need to get a little more familiar with how the city works before I can join the ranks of Hotel Moscow. For now, let's stop with the business talk and enjoy the dinner", Rock goes to the oven and takes from there the shepherd's pie, as soon as she was out in the open the apartment was filled with the delicious smell of lamb and potatoes.
It didn't take too long for the pie disappear alongside the wine, Rock had planned a dinner for six people with the possibility of some of them asking for seconds it was pure luck that he was able to accommodate eleven people.
"damn boy that was great", Boris was rubbing a slice of bread on the plate to eat the reaming sauce and juices from the pie, "I don't remember the last time I ate such delicious food".
"neither I, fuck, now I know why Dutch keep a close watch on you", says Chang sipping on good can of cold beer.
"I am honored, but this is nothing more than a simple dish", says Rock trying not show how red his face was.
"simple?!, so you cook better than this?!", Shenhua was really surprised and satisfied, "that it! dumbass is moving with me!".
"I am sorry, but no, thanks", says Rock practically feeling Shenhua look of dissatisfaction burning his neck, "I am really honored but I am more than satisficed where I am".
She wasn't happy with that answer, but there's nothing she could do, she doesn't have the power to force him to go with her, not physically speaking, she was sure that Rock was a two or three levels below her when it comes to technique and physical condition, but she lacked a powerful person having her back, sure she was one of the bests hit woman at the Triad's service, but that was way less big than being the nephew of the head of the second most powerful criminal syndicate in the city.
After that all of them stayed for some time, just talking and playing cards while Rock washed the dishes with the help of two of Chang's body guards and after finished he joins the others at the table to play a friendly poker night with them.
It was almost two in the morning when the night is finally over, Revy is Royally drunk and Pissed and so was Shenhua and Chang, how the hell they lost so much money to Rock and Balalaika? Although, Rock's pile of cash was a little higher them his aunt's pile, the dude really knew how to read other people and how to hide his intentions, no wonder he was such a great negotiator, they start to prepare to leave when suddenly Rock's bedroom door opens and silently a green eyed black cat comes out, walking without making a sound, like a cloud of black smoke floating in the air with grace while exhibiting his two shiny emerald like eyes soon enough he simply wonders around the place till he finds Rock.
"come here Edgar", Rock picks up the cat and gives him a good belly rub and making him purr.
"what a beautiful creature, why you didn't show him to us before?", said Chang rubbing the cat's head.
"I tough about doing it, but I decided to play safe, especially after seeing a dude kill his girlfriend's dog after the poor bastard had refused to get cuddles from him".
"better safe than sorry", Balalaika says after finishing bagging all the cash she won and looking to the feline in Rock's arms, "you always were a cat person, shame my sister didn't like animals".
"nah, mom loved cats, dad hated their guts".
"like always, he's a complete moron, but putting it aside, how long have tis cat been with you?".
"believe or not, he came with the apartment, I didn't have the guts to kick him out so I adopted him, besides he's been taking care of the rats".
After a little more conversation, they leave, except Shenhua who wasn't feeling good enough to make the trip back home, so Rock accommodates her in the coach and himself goes to his room after taking a shower and he falls fast asleep.
The next day, Rock was happy that the daily trainings were canceled for that day, but ingrained habits are hard to ignore, so just like every day he wakes up before the sun with Edgar sitting in his chest.
"good morning", he says to the cat, whose promptly licks his nose, "time to start the day".
Like every day he tries was about to get out of the be but unlike every day, he can't get out, actually he could barely move, like some kind of weight were holding him down.
"shit, not again", this wasn't the first time he had sleep paralyses this always happened when he had eaten too much before sleeping, so he knew that he just needed to wait a little, but these time things looked different, especially because today his paralysis have an oddly combination of floral perfume, cigarette smoke, alcohol and deodorant, it was strange, not bad, but strange, he them starts to move his head, trying to see in the poor illuminated room if he was alone and the answer comes fast, he was not alone, at his left was Revy and at his right was Shenhua, the three of them cramped in the bed.
To any other man, waking up in bed with two beautiful women would be a dream coming true, but for Rock, who knew who those women are, that was a fucking nightmare, at any given moment those two could wake up, see the situation, presume the worst case scenario and proceed to turn Rock into a pile of minced meat.
"right, relax and think", he says to himself, he was drunk too, but not that drunk, he knew that Revy had gone back to her apartment two doors down the hallway, Shenhua wasn't feeling good enough to go back to her home, so he accommodated her in the coach, "alright, that's a start… how you got in here?", he thinks looking at Revy, he had changed the front door lock and installed more eight strong locks, how she got inside his apartment? Than the second question comes flying through his mind, "what are you doing here?", looking at Shenhua who was resting on his arm and sleeping like a baby he questioned himself, unfortunately his bedroom door didn't have a Key, the previous tenant had taken it with him and the landlord hasn't bothered in changing the lock of the bedroom.
His mind is running at a millions miles per hour, thinking on what he will say to them when they wake up and start to get on his throat, but his line of tough is cut short when he feels both of them moving, shit was about to happen and to top it all his arms were completely numb from being used as pillows for so long.
"good morning Rock-man", Shenhua is the first o wake up and notice that Rock was as red as traffic light, probable because she was dressed only with her undergarments exposing her magnificent and well trained athletic body.
"good morning" he answers, trying as hard he could not to stare, to the point where his eyes almost rolled inside his skull, "Shenhua, why are you in my bedroom? And where are your clothes?"
"too hot on the couch, so came in for the ac", Jesus Christ, if Rock didn't know exactly what kind of luck he has with woman he sure would be happy as motherfucker, but now the only thing he was feeling was the cold breath of the grim reaper on his neck.
"Shenhua, I know you just got up and probably still feeling sleepy, but could you please leave my room? You see, looks like you aren't the only one who came into my room and I am in no mood to get killed first thing in the morning"
Shenhua confused with what he said looks up over him and notice Revy sleeping like rock wearing only a pair of black panties and her tank top on the other side, obviously the tough of how she came inside the apartment cross her mind, but soon after another thing cross her mind.
"yesterday dinner was incredible", her voice was like honey and her half-baked English only made her sultry tone more provocative while she fidgeted his chest, in that moment Rock's gut feeling kicked in he knew he was screwed in more than one way he wanted to stop her from tracing his chest with her fingertips, but there's nothing he could do since his arms were as useful as a couple of noodles, "you also not bad", Shenhua gently slips her hand inside his t-shirt, feeling the well trained and rock solid muscles on his small frame, "really, not bad at all".
She crawls close to his face, close enough that he can feel the heat of her breath and see the devilish look in her eyes and at the same time the sensation of her smooth and silky skin rubbing against his body while her callous hand explored under his t-shirt were making his head spin like a tornado, and god that was hot as hell, but he knew that he probably would die if things goes far, but he also tough that this not a bad way to go, dying in the hands of a marvelous woman and the fact that his other head was screaming for him go with the flow didn't help.
"I see, you well named", Shenhua continued to feel her way through his body with her fingers, gently scratching his skin with the tips of her well-made nails sending little tickles across his body, "you very sensitive, I like it", she says pinching one of his nipples and making him whine while muffling a little moan.
Shenhua would be lying if she said she wasn't having fun teasing Rock, she could feel her chest heating up every time she scratched his chest and she also could feel her head becoming more and more light with desire every time Rock muffled a moan when her hands were going down his belly and approached his crotch, she was loving every spasm and whine coming from him, it had been so long since the last time she could really take her time and play with her food, even if she didn't have the intention of eating. She knew she was doing that to fuck with Revy who was sleeping right beside them, but she couldn't stop, she knew that if Revy wakes up both of them would have to fight for their lives, but the danger only made her more excited, but what was really making her go crazy was Rock's expression, his face were as red as a traffic light, his breathing was heavy and irregular like he had just finished running a marathon and to top it all due to the effort of keeping himself quiet he was sweating bullets, no, is more precise to say he was sweating grenades at that point, Shenhua was also panting and feeling he face getting hot and the heat was going all the way down to her womanhood.
"you little bad boy, keeping quiet to not wake up Twinkie", she sits on top of his chest, he can feel his right arm recovering for the numbness, but also he could feel through the t-shirt the heat and wetness coming from Shenhua womanhood, it was so hot he tough that he would get burned, "you in dire need of punishment", she uses one of hands to shut him up, since his arms were useless due to the numbness and the other she uses to feel his crotch under his boxes, the fact he was at full mast wasn't a surprise, even smoking and drinking, Rock was a young and heathy man after all, but what surprised her was how well he was blessed, she could feel that his mast was thick and long but not too much, she looked over her shoulder and by the volume on her hand she could perfectly tell that his shaft was in that perfect point of equilibrium between not too small and thin to give pleasure and also not too big and thick to hurt, "look at it, you packing good meat down there", she says teasing him with her fingers while Rock was holding himself to not moan.
For a second he was in heaven, until hell broke loose, he could feel Satan's hot breath on his neck as soon as the furious words "WHAT THE FUCK YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!" echoed through the room and making his eras ring like a church bell, turning left he saw that death has finally awakened and she was pissed as all hell.
"what this look like Twinkie", Says Shenhua with a smug smile on her face still handling Rock's shaft on her hand, "we having a good time, wanna join?".
Just like Rock predicted, those two were about to start a fight, he just didn't could believe what kind of fight those two would begin and to his hurtful surprise the decided to play tug-of-war using his manhood as rope and that hurt like hell, they were pulling with so much force he felt like they wanted to pull his three by the roots.
At this point Edgar whose rad fled his owner chest and was comfortably laid at the top of the wardrobe, watching in amusement the ridiculous competition down below, finally decides to help and in one precise jump he flies across the room and lands on Revy's head, using the momentum to execute a perfect double mortal and landing a fatal dropkick on Shenhua's face, knocking her out of the bed and making the two of them get out of Rock and allowing him to recover and keep them apart, although he was barely able to move his arms.
"could you two please stop this? It hurts", he says while his face slowly returned to his normal tone while watching and giving a nod of approval to Edgar whose had returned to the top of the wardrobe, "and how the hell did you get here Revy?".
"none of business dipshit, why is the yes-lady doing in your bed?", she says recovering from the chock of being kicked in the face by a cat.
"too hot outside, here more cool", "alright, alright, is too early for this shit, you two can stay and sleep a little more, I have a shit ton of things to do, including the breakfast", Rock says getting out of the bed, walking to the wardrobe and taking a change of clothes, "Shenhua, if you going to need a toothbrush I have a new one on the sink cabinet of the bathroom".
Rock got out of that room as fast as he could be hoping not to get hit with a knife or a bullet on the back of his head while the two woman in his bed fought over space I the bed.